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While some of her caregiver responsibilities were more arduous than others, all brought a deep sense of loss, columnist ...
Can AI joke about ALS? Columnist Dagmar Munn finds that her chosen artificial intelligence app lacks her own sense of humor.
A new discovery about mutations in a gene that causes ALS may allow researchers to design targeted therapies, a study found.
Long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide, an air pollutant generated by the burning of fossil fuels, increases the risk of ALS, a ...
A wearable robot that detects small arm motions and supports the shoulder helped ALS patients lift and carry things, a study ...
Certain subsets of microglia were found to be enriched in nervous system tissues from people with amyotrophic lateral ...
Inhibition of a cellular stress response may be a therapeutic target for ALS type 8 related to mutations in the VAPB gene, a ...
Measuring the electrical activity of muscles in the neck in ALS may be easier for some patients than using the tongue for ...
Far-field potentials (FFPs), nerve signals that can be measured on the skin, show promise as diagnostic and prognostic ...
Exposure to rhodamine B (RhB), a toxic fluorescent dye, causes neurodegeneration, symptoms that resemble ALS, and molecular ...
Thanks to a gift from her husband with ALS, columnist Kristin Neva takes a journey through joy and sorrow in years of ...
Guest writer Anita Newton discusses the difficult decisions that must be made as ALS progresses. None of them are easy.